Different Ways of Viewing Pupil Readiness for Learning to Read

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Skjelfjord, V. J. 1976. Different Ways of Viewing Pupil Readiness for Learning to Read. Scand. J. educ. Res. 20, 105‐121. On the basis of an assumption concerning the medium involved in reading, the article suggests a number of tasks that have to be performed if the pupil is to learn to read. It is shown that teaching methods vary as regards the tasks given to the pupil to perform in the learning situation and the guidance given to the pupil, and that they consequently differ as regards both the psychological processes involved and the severity of the demands put on the pupils’ abilities. It is shown that a number of assumptions concerning abilities involved in visual learning and in the analysis of spoken words, are based on certain assumptions concerning the method of teaching involved and also concerning the nature of speech sounds. Different points of view concerning basic abilities are discussed, and their educational consequences are pointed out.

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